North of Patong

On to the beach. Patong was unfortunately hit in the tsunami and the whole coastline was heavily damaged. Patong Beach has received massive reconstruction and, despite the rain, was open for business. We drove up the coast further (fortunately it did quit raining) and we found other tourist areas that were not so fortunate. Here we saw homes and business still ravaged and little rebuilt. It’s a precarious existence there and the tsunami just destroyed so much.
The picture is just north of Patong, one of the small streams that feed into the ocean.